Microsoft Bringing Windows Games to the Web

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Microsoft Brings Windows Games to the Web This November Microsoft plans to let you purchase and download games direct from a browser, no client required, but will it be enough to bolster its perennially lackluster Games for Windows service? - Matt Peckham, PCWorld More From Game On Oprah Publicity Stunt Showers Audience With Kinect, Xbox 360s In another stand-up-and-scream promotional giveaway, talk show diva Oprah Winfrey lavishes Xbox 360s loaded with Kinect motion-sensor on her studio audience. Share: Fallout New Vegas PC Version Patched, Xbox 360 and PS3 Pending Bethesda issues first patch for bug-riddled PC version of post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, says Xbox 360 and PS3 patches in the offing. Share: Angry Birds Developer 'Will Not Use Chillingo Again' Angry Birds developer Rovio Mobile says it won't use social games publisher Chillingo again in wake of $20 million EA-Chillingo purchase deal. 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